Brian Bennett is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows.
15 Facts About Brian Bennett
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Brian Bennett is the father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett.
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Brian Bennett then became a member of Marty Wilde's Wildcats in 1959.
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Brian Bennett stayed with the group throughout all of their subsequent line-ups, and in May 2005 took part in the Shadows' European tour.
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The doctor diagnosed a bad infection and recommended Brian Bennett go to hospital immediately.
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Brian Bennett was due to be playing on stage that evening and had already missed the soundcheck.
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Brian Bennett arrived at the theatre 15 minutes before the show with his right-hand bandaged and still numb from the anesthetic.
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Brian Bennett managed to play for the whole show using an altered playing style.
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In 1967, Brian Bennett released a solo album of jazz music, entitled Change of Direction, in mono and stereo.
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Brian Bennett has enjoyed a parallel and successful career as a composer of library music, issuing multiple LPs with production music labels such as Bruton and KPM.
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Brian Bennett scored the British-German film The Harpist in 1999.
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Brian Bennett is an orchestral conductor, having learned how to arrange and conduct music for orchestras from a correspondence course.
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Brian Bennett's son Warren Bennett formerly played keyboards for the band Glass Ties, and is a composer and producer.
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Brian Bennett was appointed OBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to music.
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In November 2009, at the age of 69, Brian Bennett completed a 50th Anniversary reunion world tour with Cliff Richard and the Shadows.